Moors: The Fascinating Muslim Rulers Of Al-Andalus
ContentsIntroduction – The Islamic Invasion of the Iberian PeninsulaThe Cultural History of the Moors Who Were the Moors and Andalusians? Cordoba and the Umayyad Legacy…
Iberia
The Ancient Carthaginian Army: 10 Things You Should Know
From humble beginnings as just another Phoenician colony in a ‘distant part’ of the world, Carthage or Kart-hadasht (Phoenician – ‘new city’) – known as…
Hispano-Roman site of Lucentum reveals the region’s oldest known paved road
While the present-day ruins of ancient Lucentum bear an undeniably Roman character, its history harks back to a time when the Iberian peninsula (comprising modern-day…
1,300 lbs of ancient Roman coins ‘fortuitously’ discovered in southern Spain
Iberia (present-day Spain, Portugal, and Andorra) was one of the bloodiest conquests achieved by Rome, with statistical studies showing how the Roman Republic (possibly) suffered…
